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Young singers from around the world converge to study the art of Lieder performance. ...
Heidelberg Lied Academy
Since the fall of 2011, this 13-episode radio series has been heard on hundreds of radio stations worldwide. ...
Song of America Radio Series
Current Featured Project: "Hugo Wolf and His Time," from the 2003 Salzburg Festival. This project includes a concert program, an interview w ...
Oper: Spiel ohne Regel
"Singers on Singing: Great Artists in Conversation" is an interview archive, featuring interviews created and executed by award-winning docu ...
Singers on Singing Archive
Find the texts and translations for hundreds of songs in the Hampsong Foundation's song text and translation library ...
Song Texts & Translations
Read more about Thomas Hampson’s extensive exploration of known and unknown song repertoire. ...
Essays & Concert Programs
Explore perspectives on classic song through a collage of multimedia presentations – the Hampsong Cyberinstitute ...
Classes, Programs, & Lectures
Here you can explore some of the earliest cross-cultural projects sponsored by the Hampsong Foundation. ...
Select Song Projects
Discover this unique composer and man through Thomas Hampson’s centennial recording of Des Knaben Wunderhorn and the English translation o ...
Gustav Mahler
Song of America: A multi-faceted project exploring "the history of American culture through the eyes of our poets and the ears of our compos ...
Song of America Project
In 2012, the Hampsong Foundation awarded a major grant to the Special Collections of the Honnold/Mudd Library to create the digital collecti ...
Ernestine Schumann-Heink, a Contralto’s Legacy
Each year, the Hampsong Foundation awards small grants to projects in American classic song involving performance and scholarship. ...
American Song Initiative
The Hampsong Foundation is joining with the Star Spangled Music Foundation, with resources located at http://starspangledmusic.org/, to cele ...
Star-Spangled Music
“There is no gender in music,” said Elinor Remick Warren, a pioneering composer who left a legacy of more than 200 works. ...
Elinor Remick Warren Society
The Hampsong Foundation and SongFest have created a media library exploring SongFest since its inception. These archives are available here ...
SongFest at Colburn School
In pursuit of its mission, the Hampsong Foundation collaborates with several respected organizations and individuals to actively support new ...
Collaborative Endeavors

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The Hampsong Foundation is pleased to announce the American Song Initiative, which provides small grants, on a rolling basis, for projects in American classic song that have both a scholarly and performance element...
The Hampsong Foundation is thrilled to award a major grant to the Special Collections of the Honnold/Mudd Library to create the digital collection “Ernestine Schumann-Heink, A Contralto’s Legacy.” The Honnold/Mudd Library is the library of The Claremont Colleges...
SongFest is still accepting applications for their summer 2013 program, taking place from June 28 to July 25. Learn more about the exciting projects planned for this summer, including a newly commissioned song cycle by Ben Moore based on the letters of John and Abigail Adams...